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Psalms 126:6

126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. joy: or, singing
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. precious: or, seed basket

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He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

He that goes forth and weeps, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

What does Psalms 126:6 mean?

Psalms 126:6 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יָלַךְ (yâlak), הָלַךְ (hâlak), בָּכָה (bâkâh).

Hebrew interlinear

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He
that
goethיָלַךְyâlak/yaw-lak'/H3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
forthהָלַךְhâlak/haw-lak'/H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
and
weepeth,בָּכָהbâkâh/baw-kaw'/H1058to weep; generally to bemoan
bearingנָשָׂאnâsâʼ/naw-saw'/H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
preciousמֶשֶׁךְmeshek/meh'shek/H4901a sowing; also a possession
seed,זֶרַעzeraʻ/zeh'-rah/H2233seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
shall
doubtlessבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
comeבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
again
with
rejoicing,רִנָּהrinnâh/rin-naw'/H7440properly, a creaking (or shrill sound), i.e. shout (of joy or grief)
bringingנָשָׂאnâsâʼ/naw-saw'/H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
his
sheavesאֲלֻמָּהʼălummâh/al-oom-maw'/H485something bound; a sheaf
with
him.
precious:
or,
seed
basket

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AfflictionsJoyReapingSeedWeeping

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 126:6.

Genesis 21:16

And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

Genesis 11:31

And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

Genesis 12:5

And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

Genesis 13:10

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

Genesis 16:8

And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

Genesis 19:32

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

Genesis 22:13

And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

Genesis 26:13

And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: went: Heb. went going

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What does Psalms 126:6 say?

Psalms 126:6 (King James Version) reads: "He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. precious: or, seed basket"

Is Psalms 126:6 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 126:6 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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